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Cloth Is Betterin the Hand.

Six rooms across six cities, and the appointment that gets you the quiet one.

Six Rooms Six Cities.

Walk in and browse, or book ahead and be expected.

Mumbai

The flagship, in a restored 1890s stone warehouse, and the only boutique that keeps the full archive on site for viewing.

Address: 14 Rampart Row, Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai 400001
Phone: +91 22 4021 8800
Hours: Mon–Sat 11:00–20:00 · Sun by appointment

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Delhi

Built around a courtyard with a peepal tree, and the bridal fittings run in daylight rather than under lamps.

Address: 7 Kalka Das Marg, Mehrauli, New Delhi 110030
Phone: +91 11 4157 2200
Hours: Tue–Sun 11:00–20:00 · Closed Monday

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Jaipur

Sits ten minutes from the gota and kundan workshops, so pieces can be adjusted on the frame the same afternoon you ask.

Address: 3 Jacob Road, Civil Lines, Jaipur 302006
Phone: +91 141 4392 100
Hours: Mon–Sat 10:30–19:30 · Sun 12:00–18:00

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Hyderabad

The jewellery room here is a working bench — Nasreen Begum sets and fires enamel in front of clients two days a week.

Address: Plot 42, Road No. 12, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500034
Phone: +91 40 4988 6700
Hours: Mon–Sun 11:00–20:30

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Kolkata

Occupies the ground floor of a Bhowanipore-family house and holds the deepest saree stock in the country, Banarasi through Baluchari.

Address: 22B Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019
Phone: +91 33 4602 3400
Hours: Tue–Sun 11:00–20:00 · Closed Monday

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Bengaluru

The newest room and the only one with an evening consultation slot at 20:00, added because most clients here come straight from work.

Address: 9 Lavelle Road, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru 560001
Phone: +91 80 4711 9500
Hours: Mon–Sat 11:00–20:00 · Sun 12:00–19:00

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The Fitting Room Costs Nothing.

Every boutique keeps one private room off the floor. It is yours for two hours.

A stylist stays with you for the whole slot, the pieces come in on a rail rather than off a shelf, and the lighting in the room is daylight-balanced because embroidery lies to you under shop lamps. You can try eleven things and order none of them. If you do want a piece altered, the tailor measures in the same room and you leave with the dates in writing.

Two hours

The room is held for a full two hours in your name. Nobody else is booked into it and nobody comes to move you along.

No charge

There is no fee, no deposit and no minimum spend. A great many people book the room simply to look at cloth in daylight.

Four guests

Bring up to four people, and bring anything of your own you need matched — a mother’s saree, a jacket, a swatch of the invitation.

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